Derrick Chievous
Basketball Player
1967 –
Who is Derrick Chievous?
Derrick Joseph Chievous is a retired American professional basketball player who played the forward position, and was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 1st round of the 1988 NBA Draft.
Chievous played in the NBA from 1988-1991 for the Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers. His best season came during his rookie campaign as a member of the Rockets, when he appeared in 81 games and averaged 9.3 ppg.
Before that, Chievous played collegiately at the University of Missouri, becoming the school's all-time scoring leader with 2,580 points over his collegiate career. Chievous was inducted into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 1996. On November 1, 2012 it was announced that Chievous would be part of the "Class of 2012" inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on November 15.
His son Quinton played basketball at the University of Tennessee.
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- Born
- Jul 3, 1967
New York City - Also known as
- Derrick Joseph Chievous
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Missouri
- Lived in
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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